Word: quintus
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...many colored men have there been in the U.S. Senate and who was the last??Two, the latter was Blanche K. Bruce of Mississippi, who was eulogized by his colleague Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, an old-line blue-blood aristocrat of the South, as one who reflected credit upon his race, his state and the American Government...
Professor Moore pointed out to his audience the danger of misinterpreting some of the finest of Horace's theories. "For instance," he said, "almost every student I have ever taught has told me that Quintus Horatius Flaccus originated the philosophy of 'Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow ye die!'" The Professor explained that while Horace did actually "Eat, drink, and make merry," he did it with moderation, and not at all in the spirit of the familiar "quotation...